Dodington House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Rectory.
Dodington House
- WRENN ID
- far-stronghold-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- Dodington House, Holford
- OS grid reference
- ST 171 406
- Coordinates
- 51.15893, -3.18541
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dodington House is a rectory that has been converted into a dwelling. It was rebuilt between 1831 and 1838 and features red sandstone and blue lias random rubble. The building has brick relieving arches, a hipped slate roof with overhanging eaves and soffit boards, and brick stacks positioned on the right side set in from the left, rising from the eaves on the left. The structure is double-piled and consists of two storeys with three bays, featuring 2-light casements that have astragal glazing bars. The left side of the building is extended by a service wing, while the right side has a long garden front with one bay on the left and two bays on the right, both of which project forward in a picturesque asymmetrical manner.
Local climate
Dodington House receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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